A popular song from 1923 Words and music by Pete Wendling, Edgar Leslie and Max Kortlander
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Lyrics
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He isn’t here, he isn’t here
I know I got the air from Papa blues
I need a fortune teller
To tell me why each feller I lose
I’m always stylish in my dress
But as a vamp I’m no success
You’re lookin’ at a do-right woman
That men abuse
He left me flat, and worse than that
He took his coat and hat and traveling shoes
There’s gonna be a scandal
When all the papers handle the news
When I went down to the crap game
Where he broke all his pals
They sharpened their razors
Cause he stole all their gals
He isn’t here, he isn’t here
I know I got the air from Papa blues
Performance
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